Observatory Director

Observatory Director — page 1 — CHERRY LAKE Publishing Published in the United States of America by Cherry Lake Publishing Ann Arbor Michigan www cherrylakepublishing com Content Adviser Matthew Linke Planetarium Director State Chair Great Lakes Planetarium Association GLPA University of Michigan Museum of Natural History Planetarium Reading Adviser Maria Conn Readability Inc Photo Credits Fever pitched CanStockPhoto cover 1 Omarusja CanStockPhoto 5 OKonstantin Menshikov Shutterstock Images 6 OJoseph Mercier Dreamstime com 9 OPhotos com Thinkstock 10 Mardeviajes com http www flickr com CC BY 2 0 13 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center http www flickr com CC BY 20 15 19 NASA Pat Izzi http www flickr com CC BY 2 0 16 ©Dr Matt Mountain Director Space Telescope Science Institute 21 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Pat Izzo http www flickr com CC BY 2 0 22 NASA MSFC David Higginbotham Emmett Given http www flickr com cC BY 2 0 25 LehaKoK Shutterstock Images 27 ©Monika Wisniewska Shutterstock Images 28 Copyright ©2015 by Cherry Lake Publishing All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Yomtov Nelson author Observatory director Nel Yomtov pages cm Cool STEAM careers Summary Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a space observatory director The book also explains the necessary educational steps useful character traits and daily job tasks related to this career in the framework of the STEAM Science Technology Engineering Art and Math movement Photo a glossary and additional resources are included Provided by publisher Audience Ages 8 12 Audience 4 to 6 Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 978 1 63362 008 7 hardcover ISBN 978 1 63362 047 6 pbk ISBN 978 1 63362 086 5 pdf ISBN 978 1 63362 125 1 ebook 1 Astronomy Vocational guidance Juvenile literature 2 Astronomical observatories Employees Juvenile literature 1 Title QB51 5 Y66 2015 522 1068 4 dc23 2014031843 Cherry Lake Publishing would like to acknowledge the work of The Partnership for 21st Century Skills Please visit www p21 org for more information Printed in the United States of America Corporate Graphics ABOUT THE AUTHOR Nel Yomtov is an award winning author of nonfiction books and graphic novels for young readers He lives in the New York City

Observatory Director — page 2 — TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 LooKING TO THE COSMOS CHAPTER 2 THE BIRTH OF THE TELEscoPE 8 CHAPTER 3 THE HUBBLE SPACE TELEscOPE 14 CHAPTER 4 MEET MATT MOUNTAIN 20 CHAPTER 5 SHOOT FOR THE STARS 26 THINK ABOUT IT 30 LEARN MORE GLOSSARY INDEX 32 32 STEAM is the acronym for Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics In this book you will read about how each of these study areas is connected to a career as an observatory director

Observatory Director — page 3 — CHAPTER 1 LOOKTG TO THE COSMOS eri s father burst into her room as she was studying for the next day s science test He held a large book in his hand Teri the book we ordered just arrived he said Do you want to look at it Sure Teri replied excitedly Teri and her father flipped through the book The weird and wonderfully vibrant objects in the photos looked like they were from out of this world In fact they were 21ST CENTURY SKILLS

Observatory Director — page 4 — Pictures of the galaxy have vibrant colors Wow Look at that cool picture of a galaxy Dad exclaimed Teri Who takes these pictures of things in outer space These pictures were taken by the Hubble Space Telescope It s a type of space based observatory Hubble can take images of objects in space billions and billions of miles away Awesome How does Hubble know when to snap photos and what to take photos of asked Teri Scientists submit requests for time to use the cooL STEAM

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